----------------------------------------
NEW! Professionally made L297/298 bipolar chopper boards available from Phil Moore at www.pminmo.com , etched, silkscreened and ready to be stuffed and soldered. 8 bucks each plus shipping ($3.50 for 3)
>
10/13/06 Finally a decently working email address thru Google: proff11@gmail.com
-------------------------------------------------
The Adventures of Servo Jones: or how I conquered my fear of encoders. I ordered a bunch of stuff from various sources and will document my progress and discoveries.I am starting with the PicServo SC from JR Kerr and combining it with the LMD18200T motor driver. Click HERE to keep track, sort of like a servo web log.
-------------------------------------------------
04/30/06
A couple of years ago I sold an Instant Z Axis to Fred Smith at IMServ. At the time, I expressed some concern with selling to him, and explained to him that I didn't want to get my design knocked off. His reply was"I would never do that!" He said he wanted to see if I could make them for him to sell. Needless to say, I never heard another word from him. Imagine my suprise when one of my customers sent me this link to Fred's website:Fred's Z Axis
It's not the competition I mind, it's the LYING.
Of course, he is a big company with expensive lawyers and I am just a little guy running a one man operation, so,(sarcasm coming up here) he has every right to do whatever he can get away with.
--------------------------------------------------
Someone gave me a sort of Bridgeport CNC that I will fix up when I feel better and have the time. To look at it, go to: Stuff I have built or rebuilt.
02/01/06
------------------------------------------------------
COMING SOON: How to Mill PCB'S (from my point of view.)A Blatantly Self Serving Yet Informational Web Page.But until then, here is a link to someone else's page that is interesting:Homemade PCB Router
----------------------------------------------------------------------
12/22/04 The PCBmill is done! 3 of them sold already! Here's the first one, hot off the presses.Model 1, serial number 1.
NEW! 09/04/04 Alan Garfield's L297/298 layout; see "Freebies" link at bottom of page.
Dave Kush's CNC router/PCB machine with all kinds of neat home cast housings and pieces.If you look at his bearing setups, you can see how I plan to do the next edition of the Instant Z Axis (got the idea a year ago from an old dot matrix printer slide.) Good example. Buildyouridea.com
11/14/04: Back to work! I am recovering from the chemo and hormones, the only lasting side effect seems to be the muscle fibers in my back are easily damaged. I had to get a cane! Better than being dead, I suppose.
Two Items of interest: I was standing at my work area in the shop assembling spindles and trying to get caught up, when I happened to look over at a collet handpiece on a shelf at eye level. I looked down at the spindle I was holding, and looked at the handpiece again. Then I started re-arranging parts until I came up with what you see in the picture; The Serendipity Spindle. It takes cutters from 1/16" to 1/4" diameter and runs at about 24,000 rpm top speed.Also, as you can see, I got the stock for the polyurethane belts and made some prototypes, they work great! Much better than the O-ring belts.
I have been making and sharpening various types of engraving cutters since 1977 and you would be suprised what utter shash people believe about what you can and can't do. I finally ran across a website that isn't full of BS and self-promotion: Antares Cutter Information Page
Information on Max Thomas from the City Boy Band:City Boy
An old Aquaintance from the 70's makes it to Jimmy Kimmel Live on ABC :
Singer, songwriter, Drummer, and all around Musician, I have known Johnny A. since '75, when we went racing down a 5 mile long mountain at speeds of 100 mph with the stereo blasting"The William Tell Overture",Strange but true. Johhny has enjoyed success in the vastly popular Vermont band, "The Huge Members", and now is out on his own.
________________________________________ <
Here's a picture of the new setup for grinding PCB cutters, I started getting problems with the old setup; not suprising after 3500 cutters over 10 years with a temporary rig. I replaced the cast iron-on-steel bearing with two huge ball-type bearings and replaced the old cheap deltron slide with a brand new heavy Micron slide. I also redid the motor mounts, belt, and leadnut mount. (see pic's of old unit in Things I have built link.) Guards and covers removed for clarity, by the way.
_______________________________________________________________
NEW! Instant Leadnuts for almost any design. 1/2"-10 Acme RH thread,Drill/ream a hole and pop it in. Lock it with a setscrew on the side or from the end with a 1/4-20 screw. $15.00 Ea. plus shipping. LH available on request.
I bought a Honing Machine! It's Pink! (sort of) There goes all my profits.......If you want to see it, look in the link for Things I have Built or RE-Built, you may find them interesting.
NEW! The 3 speed PCB Spindle is finished,I am working on a run of 25.UPDATE: Redesigned some things halfway thru the production run,held me up a bit but proceeding nicely now. See Production Log link at bottom of page. get your orders in now!
Still only $70.00 plus shipping!( and it's AC or DC 110V)ATTENTION: Several customers had canceled orders because they thought that I was selling used surplus motors on the spindle.Let me say that this is NOT true, but to keep costs down, I may use surplus materials in the future. All materials used are tested all the way to destruction, and if you do not wish to trust my judgement, then please do not order.
More New Stuff! 3Speed PCB Spindle Adapter for Sherline!
Coming Soon: Adapter to mount a Sherline Milling Head to a Taig Milling Machine Body!
UPDATE: The pins are hardened, ground, and ready to be assembled to the adapters See pic's below for grinder shots, And yes, that is a lead brick on top of the grinder headstock....
If you want one of these, contact Derek at WWW.denvercnc.com
I am running off a small run of a very heavy duty adapter for Taig dovetails, I may sell these on a regular basis if there is any interest.
DISCAIMER: Neither Taig Tools nor Sherline endorses the use of my adapters for accessories on their machines, but I do have their permission to make these adapters, as I was careful not to make anything without asking both of them.
INFORMATION: I spoke to Cliff at Taig Tools at some length and he has redesigned the Taig Spindle for ER type collets. I use ER's on the Monster CNC and I can say that they make life a lot easier when changing tooling. I can also say that for a man who has as much knowledge and experience as Cliff has, he is not pompous or condescending at all.
NEW! Taig Mill Adapters for the PCB Spindle! $15.00 plus $5.00 shipping.
Here you can see that the holder can mount vertically.......
Or horizontally.
NEW!Check "Freebies" for L297/298 design.Plus, L6506 Chopper add-on board is here! Layout on freebies page!
Alloy Steel flex coupler, 1/4" -3/8", $10.00 EA. plus shipping. Buy 3, ship for free.
Universal Wood Router Holder. Available in Aluminum or Steel. See link below. Note: The extrusion I was buying for the aluminum router holder is all gone, so I am re-tooling for a similar design using flat stock. The price will stay the same.
__________________________________________________________________
Right now I am loaded down with a backlog of spindle and Z Axis orders, so I can not guarantee delivery sooner than 60 days after payment. Possibly, but maybe not. I am warning everyone now so they don't email me a week after payment and yell and threaten me. This is not a chinese or mexican piece of CRAP (no offense to those of either ancestry.) this is a custom piece of precision machinery sold reasonably for my own reasons. I build everything here by myself.and when it's done, it's done. I work sick and I work tired and I work holidays and I work every night no matter how cold or hot it is. If you don't want to purchase under those conditions then go somewhere else.(maybe to the website where the guy drills his spindle bores with a Black and Decker 3/8" hand drill.) If you want to buy something right now then go to Thomson for slides and New Hermes for spindles and pay hundreds and hundreds of dollars.
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
I had a couple of inquiries about a 4th axis setup that I had built about 7 years ago for making machine dials and rotary stamping dies.If you want to see it, look in the link for Things I have Built or RE-Built, you may find them interesting.
_______________________________________________________________
Instant Axis! 6" Travel, size 34 stepper mounting, built for Rich Bremer in Southington CT
(From time to time, I will write down what I have gotten accomplished over the course of production)
Things I have Built or RE-Built, you may find them interesting.
Click here to
send me a message.
I no longer do business with PayingPeople.Com as I discovered they love getting money from people's credit cards but they are reluctant to send it out to pay for things. (You figure it out.)UPDATE: PayingPeople has disappeared and re-surfaced as another company. Think they might be a tad dodgey?